1st Edition
The Everyday Ethics of Politics How Politicians Navigate Dilemmas and Why You Should Care
1 Introduction PART 1 From Theory to Practice 2 Toward a Theory of Everyday Political Dilemmas 3 A New Method for Studying Everyday Political Dilemmas PART 2 Dilemmas, Virtues and Vices in the Swedish Parliament 4 Virtues in the Swedish Parliament 5 Vices in the Swedish Parliament 6 The Transparency Dilemma, or the Role and Limits of Transparency 7 The Honesty Dilemma, or How to Avoid Lying 8 The Compromise Dilemma, or the Spirit of Compromise and Its Challenges 9 The Most Challenging Dilemma, or Dilemmas
of Powerlessness PART 3 From Theory to Practice, and Back Again 10 Political Ethics From a Political View: The Importance of Spheres, Optics and Boundaries 11 Political Ethics From a Democratic View: How to Navigate Everyday Political Dilemmas to Preserve Democracy Without Getting Dirty Hands 12 Conclusions
Biography
Joel Martinsson is Assistant Professor in political science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His work has been published in the British Journal of Political Science; Governance; Politics & Governance; Journal of Political Science Education; and Crime, Law and Social Change.
